:io April, 1911.] 



Irri<jatio}i. 



Surfaces in the Goulburn Valley are, as a rule, more regular, and in 



the majority of cases, soil preparation (grading, ditching, &c.) will he 



.-simple and inexpensive. If, with the expected influx of population from 



.abroad, the extension of the practice of intense culture increases, intel- 



.ligent direction given in this matter at the start will save much worrv 



:and loss, and will go far towards popularizing irrigation. The 

 is as amply justified as it is absolutely necessary, and it is esse 



-order to avoid the grievous mistakes which have Ix'cn made in ; 

 water to areas utterly unsuitaliic for irrigation, that these dirtx- 



.;given by practical irrigators, familiar witii \qca\ ami general c« 



.and with the facultv of imparting their knowledge. 



expense 

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